I am a novice road trip planner. I had only planned a road trip once before: last year when we drove from San Diego to Corpus Christie over a 5 day period and that was hard enough! I must have been crazy when I decided to plan an 8-day adventure up the coast California, stopping at 5 campgrounds, one casino and driving a total of 1,500 miles. I quickly admitted I was way in over my head. Planning a road trip is hard and takes… planning! So here are my lessons learned while planning my trip. Continue reading →

Stove and Power Charger in One

Biolite Wood Burning Camp stove. It combines the easy, no propane, wood burning stove and an off grid power charger so you can cook a meal and charge your gadgets at the same time. Using patent-pending thermoelectric technology, the stove converts heat to electricity Continue reading →